Welcome to GTAC 2010October 28th & 29th, 2010
The CommitteeWe welcome you!
The Theme
• Test to Testability• Why is this important?
o Test or Testabilityo Roles defined as a result of this “value” systemo Cloud computing is challenging thiso Address the root issue
• Want to have “t” in GTAC means more than just Test
GTAC with a Twist
New This year:• Attendees driven selection of talks• Video abstract encouraged• More lightning talks• Pre-GTAC event
GTAC 2010 Highlights
Stats• Applications for Attendance: Over 500 • Accepted Applicants: 98
o Googlers = 20 (Plus Committee/Staff)o Non-Googlers = 78
• Call for Proposals: 80+ o 21 from Googlerso Selected talks: 8 (Plus 3 keynotes)
• Companies: 52• Countries : 23• Universities: 7• Committees: 2
(y)Our Speakers!
GTAC Site Stats
• GTAC.BIZo 11500 Visitso 26K Pageviewso 7500 Visitors
• Source of Traffico 33% Direct Visitso 37% Search Engineso 30% Referring Sites
• Top 3 Countries Traffico Indiao USAo UK
Stats Continued
Attendees voted on proposals: • July 26th - August 6th• Due to high number of proposals (80+)• Decided on three categories:
o Test Automation: July 26th - July 29tho Testing: July 28th - August 3ndo Testability & Others: August 2nd - August 6th
Total Votes received: 185
Today’s Agenda Session 1 - Test Automation Speaker
08:00 - 10:00 Breakfast/Registration
10:00 - 11:00 Opening Keynote Robert Victor Binder
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 Twist, a next generation functional testing tool for building and evolving test suites Vivek Prahlad
12:30 - 13:30 The Future of Front-End TestingSimon Stewart & Greg
Dennis
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch & Roundtables
Session 2 - Testability Speaker
14:30 - 15:30 Lightning talks/Interactive session Group Activity15:30 - 16:30 Lessons Learned from Testability Failures Esteban
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 18:00 Git Bisect and Testing Christian Couder
18:00 - 19:00 Flexible Design? Testable Design? You Don’t Have To Choose! Russ and Tracy
19:00 - 22:00 Dinner
House-Keeping
• Lightning Talks• Feedback• Internet Connectivity
LET THE FUN BEGIN!